Exciting times!

So as most of you know...we are expecting our first baby (or "player to be named later" as Nolan likes to refer to it). Life as we know it will surely change come November 15th-ish. I still can't really imagine what this is going to be like. In fact, I'm still in shock that we're "adult enough" to even have a baby. Most days I still feel like a kid - could be that people tell me that at work all the time..."you can't be the pharmacist, you don't look older than 12." Always a compliment right! - maybe when I'm 40 I will appreciate that...we'll see.

Today was our second doctor's appointment. Nolan was kind enough to choose the 8:30 appointment on my morning off - fun times ;-) Just kidding, it was worth getting up for. I've been a little concerned the past couple of weeks because it doesn't seem like I'm gaining much weight, despite the HUGE amounts of food I'm putting away...but they put my mind at ease and said I was doing "just fine." Finally made it to a whopping 112 - my record :-)

The best part of the visit was hearing our little "poppyseed's" heartbeat for the 2nd time - Wow...breathtaking!! The nurse had the little ultrasound stick (for lack of a scientific term) moving it all around trying my belly to find the heartbeat. She kept saying "it will probably be hard to find at first because we're searching for a little peanut, so don't worry if it takes me a little while." Despite her reassuring, I think I held my breath until she found it. What a beautiful sound :) Afterwards Nolan tells me "I was praying so hard she would find it." I love my husband.

The second best part about the appointment - no wardrobe change required...which means a MUCH more comfortable office visit ;-) AND no needles involved...my kind of appointment. Oh, AND my sweet hubby stopped for Shipley's on the way - can't beat a day that starts with chocolate donuts and hearing your baby's heartbeat!

Let me introduce you to our lil' poppyseed...

this was the 4-d ultrasound from our 1st appt on April 14th


Hard to tell what's going on in there...but we were actually surprised at just how much you can see at the first ultrasound. Our lil' baby already had fingers and toes and everything! It looked like a little jumping bean, moving all around - we couldn't believe how much it was moving!

and this was the 3-d one - can't really see much, except that there is definitely a baby there!



Hopefully we'll post some pregnancy pics soon...not much to see yet even though I've officially passed up the 1st trimester. I'm just waiting for the nausea to go away as everyone says it will.